From the other side
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the leading edge
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.498
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1938-3789
pISSN - 1070-485X
DOI - 10.1190/tle33080834.1
Subject(s) - witch , base (topology) , art , earth (classical element) , art history , history , physics , mathematics , astronomy , biology , ecology , mathematical analysis
There is a picture which portrays a 19th-century gentleman flexing a Y-shaped limb. He has his hands on the ends of the Y, with the base pointing toward the earth. He is obviously searching for something. He is a dowser, or “water witch.” He is holding a divining rod.
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